Yours for a mere $12.99 Though the finish on the website's knife looks much better than that on your friend's knife.
http://budk.com/Knives/Timber-Rattler-Scarab-Back-Giant-Folding-KnifePocket Scimitar
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You know that's not a bee on the lock, right? It's a rattlesnake's head.
It's a hybrid! Rattlesnakes with fangs in their rattles and a hive mentality!
[COLOR=white]Sounds like a xenomorph...[/COLOR]
I have a similarly comical cigarette lighter that a former cow orker gave me.
It is so incredibly huge that the former boss and the HR director commented on it when they were handing me my bag of belongings when I got shitcanned.
You know that's not a bee on the lock, right? It's a rattlesnake's head.
It's the "forged bee" symbol, derived from French heraldry (Napoleonic era), used by the originator of that knife style in France. The "royal bee" also appears on coinage of the era. Today the symbol is used worldwide in the manufacture of knives even remotely similar to the original as a marketing gimmick.
More here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laguiole_knife#Production_sitesNow *that's* a knife!
First two-handed pocket knife I've ever seen.
It's the "forged bee" symbol, derived from French heraldry (Napoleonic era), used by the originator of that knife style in France. The "royal bee" also appears on coinage of the era. Today the symbol is used worldwide in the manufacture of knives even remotely similar to the original as a marketing gimmick.
Hmmph. Most of the ones I see on Google Image search ("Laguiole bee") look a hell of a lot more like a bee than that. I bet that it only got named the "Timber Rattler" because someone in marketing thought it looked like a rattlesnake head too.
:-))) Supposedly, the bee was stylized and so unpopular that the design itself was the reason the French started referring to it as the Laguiole "fly"; until, the design was later made more natural looking. At least that's a story I've heard at national knife collectors shows since I started attending them back in the '80s. I haven't researched it myself as it isn't an area of interest for me. It does remind me of when Mexico changed its national emblem of the eagle with serpent on a cactus to a stylized design on its coinage in the '70s. Some there were calling it treason.
The same knife is probably sold in numerous countries. The bee symbol is widely recognized; so, they need only change the less expensive packaging rather than the manufactured design to have appeal in each marketplace. It could very well be though that the image styling on the package (fanged snakes being a repeated theme in this marketplace) was influenced by the style of the image on the knife.
You're both wrong, according to the people who make the damn knife, it's a scarab:
You just thought you had a lockback, THIS IS A LOCKBACK. This monstrous Timber Rattler Scarab Back lockback features a 8" stainless steel blade housed inside grey pakkawood handle scales and stainless bolsters. A scarab medallion acts as the lock release button and offers character to the back of the knife. 9 3/4" closed, 17 3/4" overall
It's a dolphin!
You may as well believe that as much as believing it's a scarab. Calling it a scarab is just a way around the deceptive practice of using a well known French symbol of higher quality products. Compare the image below to the one Beest provided. Click on the image for the background story and more images of the bee symbol on French made knives.:
[ATTACH]39773[/ATTACH]It's a dolphin!
Bull shit I SAY SHARK !!
A beeish scarabeck flyish type shark
This fine artwork is brought to you by the internet. (Please note that I don't know why you should rub the beeshark's wings.)
There ya go ,,, rub them for luck , as long as you can avoid the lazers !!!
... and beesharks have surgical steel teeth.
Beesharks ... with dogs in their mouths!
scratch and sniff beesharks with dogs in their mouths
Sharkskin suits with wingtips are the bee's knees.
Holographic, laser-eyed, scratch n sniff beesharks, in wingtips and sharkskin suits, with a dog in their mouth chomping UT's rabbit.
On a treadmill.
Gotta have big pockets!
Finally, a legitimate reason to wear my MC Hammer pants.
Just yesterday, I was lamenting the pocket situation today in men's pants. It's like fashion designers expect men today to carry a damn purse for their stuff.
I loved the huge pockets in men's pants about ten years ago. Or was it 20 years ago? After a meeting in a conference room, you could grab a few extra cans of soda, and just slip them into your pockets for later. Now, pockets are so tight, you can see the outline of a slim cell phone.
Oh. I thought you were just happy to see me.
Thanks folks, I'll be here all week. Try the Dolphin
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